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Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (born 11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian-born American actor of film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including leading roles in The Time Machine, Seven Seas to Calais, The Birds, Sunday in New York, Young Cassidy, Dark of the Sun, The Liquidator, and The Train Robbers.
Known For
Inglourious Basterds
(2009)
Winston Churchill
The Birds
(1963)
Mitch Brenner
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
(1961)
Pongo (voice)
Giant
(1956)
Sir David Karfrey
36 Hours
(1964)
Major Walter Gerber
The Time Machine
(1960)
H. George Wells
Zabriskie Point
(1970)
Lee Allen
Raintree County
(1957)
Garwood B. Jones
The Liquidator
(1965)
Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
Young Cassidy
(1965)
John Cassidy
Kaw
(2007)
Doc
Chuka
(1967)
Chuka
Separate Tables
(1958)
Charles
Top Gun
(1955)
Lem Sutter
The Train Robbers
(1973)
Grady
Hell River
(1974)
Marko
Full Filmography
Acting
Inland with Sturt
(1951)
George McLeay
King of the Coral Sea
(1954)
Jack Janiero
Long John Silver
(1954)
Israel Hands
Hell on Frisco Bay
(1955)
John Brodie Evans (as Rodney Taylor)
Top Gun
(1955)
Lem Sutter
The Virgin Queen
(1955)
Cpl. Gwilym
Giant
(1956)
Sir David Karfrey
World Without End
(1956)
Herbert Ellis
The Catered Affair
(1956)
Ralph Halloran
Raintree County
(1957)
Garwood B. Jones
Separate Tables
(1958)
Charles
Step Down to Terror
(1958)
Mike Randall
The Great Gatsby
(1958)
Nick Carraway
Ask Any Girl
(1959)
Ross Taford
The Time Machine
(1960)
H. George Wells
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
(1960)
Pirro
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
(1961)
Pongo (voice)
Seven Seas to Calais
(1962)
Sir Francis Drake
The Birds
(1963)
Mitch Brenner
The V.I.P.s
(1963)
Les Mangrum
Sunday in New York
(1963)
Mike Mitchell
A Gathering of Eagles
(1963)
Col. Hollis Farr
36 Hours
(1964)
Major Walter Gerber
Fate Is the Hunter
(1964)
Captain Jack Savage
Do Not Disturb
(1965)
Mike Harper
Young Cassidy
(1965)
John Cassidy
The Liquidator
(1965)
Brian Ian "Boysie" Oakes
The Glass Bottom Boat
(1966)
Bruce Templeton
Every Girl's Dream
(1966)
Self
Chuka
(1967)
Chuka
Hotel
(1967)
Peter McDermott
Dark of the Sun
(1968)
Curry
Nobody Runs Forever
(1968)
Scobie Malone
The Hell with Heroes
(1968)
Brynie MacKay
Zabriskie Point
(1970)
Lee Allen
Darker Than Amber
(1970)
Travis McGee
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
(1970)
Peter Reaney
Powderkeg
(1971)
Hank Brackett
Family Flight
(1972)
Jason Carlyle
The Train Robbers
(1973)
Grady
The Deadly Trackers
(1973)
Frank Brand
The Heroes
(1973)
Lieutenant Bob Robson
Trader Horn
(1973)
Trader Horn
Wayne Train
(1973)
Self
Hell River
(1974)
Marko
A Matter of Wife... and Death
(1975)
Shamus McCoy
Vortex
(1976)
Christopher Tauling
The Picture Show Man
(1977)
Palmer
US Against the World
(1977)
Self
Jamaican Gold
(1979)
Marian Casey
Cry of the Innocent
(1980)
Steve Donegin
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
(1981)
'Black Jack' Bouvier
Hellinger's Law
(1981)
Clint Tolliver
A Time To Die
(1982)
Jack Bailey
Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story
(1982)
Edward Adeane
Disney's Halloween Treat
(1982)
Pongo (voice) (archive footage)
On the Run
(1983)
Mr. Payatta
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Mitch Brenner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marbella
(1985)
Commander W.P. Anderson
Half Nelson
(1985)
Mask of Murder
(1985)
Supt. Bob McLaine
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
(1986)
Self
Palomino
(1991)
Bill King
Grass Roots
(1992)
Gen. Willoughby
Time Machine: The Journey Back
(1993)
Himself / Narrator / H.G. Welles
The Point of Betrayal
(1995)
Ted Kitteridge
Open Season
(1995)
Billy Patrick
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy
(1996)
General Sorenson
Welcome to Woop Woop
(1998)
Daddy-O
All About 'The Birds'
(2000)
Self
Kaw
(2007)
Doc
Not Quite Hollywood
(2008)
Self
Inglourious Basterds
(2009)
Winston Churchill
Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
(2017)
Himself
Production
Writing